{"id":8896,"date":"2010-06-01T17:44:36","date_gmt":"2010-06-01T16:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/?p=8896"},"modified":"2019-06-22T08:34:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T07:34:36","slug":"s-dt-ocean-hunter-yh298","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/2010\/06\/s-dt-ocean-hunter-yh298\/","title":{"rendered":"S.D\/T. Ocean Hunter YH298 (Seasonal)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Copyright 2010 Barry Banham<\/em><\/p>\n

Technical<\/strong><\/p>\n

Admiralty Number: 4148
\nYard Number: 499
\nOfficial Number: 139888
\nCompleted: 1919
\nGross Tonnage: 96
\nNet Tonnage: 41
\nLength: 86.2 ft
\nBreadth: 18.5 ft
\nDepth: 9.3 ft
\nEngine: T.3-cyl by John Chambers & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft
\nBoiler: Danks, Edwind & Co (Oldbury) Ltd, Oldbury,Birmingham
\nBuilt: John Chambers & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft<\/p>\n

History<\/strong><\/p>\n

1919: Launched by John Chambers & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft (Yd.No.499) (\u201cAdmiralty drifter\u201d) for The Admiralty as CURRENT (Ad.No.4148).
\n3.12.1919: Completed as a fishing vessel.
\n29.9.1920: Transferred to Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, London and placed on sales list.
\n8.1920: Sold to Henry C. Thompson, North Shields (Robert Boyle, manager).
\n30.8.1920: Registered at North Shields (SN43).
\n26.5.1922: North Shields registry closed \u201cCeased fishing\u201d.
\n1922: Sold to A. Grant & John T. Graham, Cellardyke (John T. Graham managing owner). Registered at Kirkcaldy as COPIOUS (KY175).
\n1925: Sold to W. C. Wilson, North Shields & Others (John T. Graham, Cellardyke, manager).
\n27.8.1931: Answered distress call from Port Seaton steam trawler CHOICE (A764) holed while hauling some 19 miles off Peterhead and making water. Took off crew and connected but after two hours towing Choice started to settle and foundered. Survivors landed at Anstruther.
\n8.1.1940: Requisitioned for war service on miscellaneous Naval duties (P.No.FY.337) (Hire rate \u00a332.0.0d\/month).
\n1945: Sold to Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co Ltd, Fleetwood (Basil A. Parkes, Cleveleys, manager).
\n8.1945: Returned to owner.
\n1947: Sold to The Adam Steam Fishing Co Ltd, London (Basil A. Parkes, manager).
\n2.1948: Sold to Bloomfields Ltd, Gt. Yarmouth (Cecil Frank Mayo, manager).
\n2.2.1948: Registered at Yarmouth (YH296).
\n25.3.1948: Registered at Yarmouth as OCEAN HUNTER (YH296). Seasonal white fish trawling from Fleetwood and Padstow.
\n31.12.1952: Sold to Edward Albert Beamish, Lowestoft.
\n31.1.1953: Registered at Lowestoft (LT322).
\n10.2.1953: Yarmouth registry closed.
\n24.10.1953: At Lowestoft landed 145 crans of herring.
\n1.1955: Sold for breaking up.
\n18.1.1955: Sailed Lowestoft for breakers.
\n26.5.1955: Lowestoft registry closed “Vessel broken up”.<\/p>\n

Click to enlarge image<\/em><\/p>\n

\"S.T.<\/a>

S.T. Ocean Hunter YH298
\nPicture courtesy of The Barry Banham Maritime Photo Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

\"S.D\/T.<\/a>

S.D\/T. Ocean Hunter YH298
Picture courtesy of The Robert Durrant Collection<\/p><\/div>\n

Changelog<\/em><\/p>\n

01\/06\/2010: Page published. 5 updates since then.
\n01\/08\/2018: Removed FMHT watermark from image.
\n22\/06\/2019: Updated information and added an image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Copyright 2010 Barry Banham Technical Admiralty Number: 4148 Yard Number: 499 Official Number: 139888 Completed: 1919 Gross Tonnage: 96 Net Tonnage: 41 Length: 86.2 ft Breadth: 18.5 ft Depth: 9.3 ft Engine: T.3-cyl by John Chambers & Co Ltd, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft Boiler: Danks, Edwind & Co (Oldbury) Ltd, Oldbury,Birmingham Built: John Chambers & Co […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[139,118,3,452],"tags":[217,77,524,117],"class_list":["post-8896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-driftertrawler","category-seasonal-visitors","category-steam-trawlers","category-steamers-picture","tag-admiralty-drifter","tag-boston-dsf-i","tag-driftertrawler","tag-seasonal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/261"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8896"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24445,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8896\/revisions\/24445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fleetwood-trawlers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}